weewillo

From your last post, personally I would go with the 5D II and build from there.

Now some other advice. The 5D II will have those same basic settings, but a large majority of people who get in to digital cameras end up saving there pictures in RAW format, rather than JPEG. RAW takes up more room on the hard drive, but if you are using DPP (which will be free software supplied by Canon) it will allow you to work your pictures and convert them to JPEG or TIFF Files. You can then play with the settings , white balance etc....till you get the picture you want. It also gives you those basic templates, you can just select landscape, portrait or any of the others and it will automatically change it to that style. It does this just like it would in camera without destroying all the basic information stored. If you go JPEG in camera, you have very limited things you can do to it later. With RAW as your skill level grows, you can come back later and play with your files to make them look better and better.

You can go to Canon's website, and you can actually download the owners manual of all the current cameras. They can be very helpful when starting out, and you could do it now to give you a heads up.

If you are buying the camera from a local camera store that is a Canon dealer, they occasionally have beginner and intermediate classes that are sponsored by Canon. You would find those helpful as well. I buy most of my stuff on line, and use B&H quit often. However I have several bodiesI bought from the local shop and even though I pay more, sometimes there is something to say for personal in person service.